March has arrived and so have the first blooms of the season. Oh, happy heart!
March has arrived and so have the first blooms of the season. Oh, happy heart!
Bright amazing sunshine is ours today. It is also extremely cold and the wind is relentless.
The first cut I made felt like a stinging stab.
I’ve been keeping my heart busy with projects. They are all rocking some fringe. So in the words of the Junk Gypsies – “If loving fringe is wrong, I don’t want to be right.” Yes, I’ve been a crafty sewing freak. This spring I scored a bit of vintage fabric at thrift shops and yard sales. …
I’ve been waiting for my new year, one word mantra to come to me. I was afraid I wasn’t going to receive it. However, as I sat talking with my doctor last week, it hit me. Strength. Strong. 1. The state, property, or quality of being strong. 2. The power to resist attack; impregnability. 3. The power …
Over a year ago, some friends and I went on a shopping venture, where they helped me nab a big stash of old neckties. I planned to repurpose them into something. I’ve pulled them out from time to time and thought about making stuff with them, but as of yet nothing has come to me. …
Vintage Barkcloth and Chenille Stocking
I’ve finished a few sewing projects.
Holiday stockings, all made with recycled material.
Some of the material is really old, vintage and some new, like the boho gypsy stocking was a skirt that I purchased at a thrift store and took apart.
When I purchased my first sewing machine last year, the first thing I wanted to make were stockings.
Well, that didn’t happen. A year later, and few false starts I’m on my way.
Vintage Bark cloth and Chenille
Vintage Bark and Chenille Stocking
Traditional Plaid stocking
Traditional plaid stocking
Traditional plaid red stocking
Boho Gypsy Stocking made from an old skirt
Boho Gypsy stocking
Boho Gypsy stocking
Boho Gypsy
Body made from vintage fabric.
The body of this one was made using vintage fabric, I’ve had for many years. That piece of fabric on the cuff is new. It is a left-over scrap from a chair I am reupholstering.
Tropical Red Stocking
What projects are you working on?
See you later, Bye!
Kim
Threads that bind us together. Last weekend, Mr. Cottage treated me to a trip to a few craft and thrift stores. Honestly it isn’t an easy undertaking and I’m really lucky that he is so patient with me. New embroidery thread. The colors make me swoon. I always lose the color codes, and end up …
From a box lot purchased at auction came the ugliest lamp ever. Or so I thought. I was going to give it to a friend that I thought would appreciate the design as it was. But then I started envisioning a little face lift. One thing led to another. It has been so blasted hot …
